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Study predicts crop-production costs will jump dramatically in 2009

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 23, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Soaring energy prices will yield sharp increases for corn and soybean production next year, cutting into farmers' profits and stretching already high food costs, according to a new University of Illinois study.





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Methyl bromide alternatives indicated for North Carolina tomato production

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Methyl bromide (MeBr) is a highly effective broad-spectrum fumigant used extensively in U.S. agriculture to control a wide variety of pests. Under the Montreal protocol of 1991, however, MeBr was defined as one of the chemicals ...


Cellulosic ethanol may benefit human health and help slow climate change

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 5

Filling our fuel tanks with cellulosic ethanol instead of gasoline or corn-based ethanol may be even better for our health and the environment than previously recognized, according to new research from the University of Minnesota.


Researchers boost production of biofuel that could replace gasoline

Researchers boost production of biofuel that could replace gasoline

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (9) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at Ohio State University have found a way to double the production of the biofuel butanol, which might someday replace gasoline in automobiles.


Engineered pea seeds protect against parasites

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A breed of pea seeds has been created that contains antibodies against coccidiosis, a disease caused by a parasite that attacks chickens. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Biotechnology describe the develo ...


Bacteria are models of efficiency

Biology /

created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The bacterium Escherichia coli, one of the best-studied single-celled organisms around, is a master of industrial efficiency. This bacterium can be thought of as a factory with just one product: itself. It exists to make c ...


Nokia to lay off 170 workers worldwide

Technology / Business

created May 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Nokia Corp. said Tuesday it will lay off 170 workers worldwide to further cut costs as the global downturn continues to weaken demand in the mobile phone industry.


New Mathematical Model Evaluates Efficiency of E. Coli

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created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The bacterium Escherichia coli, one of the best-studied single-celled organisms around, is a master of industrial efficiency. This bacterium can be thought of as a factory with just one product: itself. It exists to make c ...


Seeing invisible resin

Technology / Engineering

created May 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- When manufacturing chipboards, it is important to correctly distribute the resin on the wood shavings. Researchers are now developing a measuring technique that makes it possible to monitor the application ...


'First economical process' for making biodiesel fuel from algae

Economical, eco-friendly process for making biodiesel fuel from algae

Chemistry / Other

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chemists reported development of what they termed the first economical, eco-friendly process to convert algae oil into biodiesel fuel — a discovery they predict could one day lead to U.S. independence from ...


Pollinator decline not reducing crop yields just yet

Pollinator decline not reducing crop yields just yet

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created Nov 10, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The well-documented worldwide decline in the number of bees and other pollinators is not, at this stage, limiting global crop yields, according to the results of an international study published ...



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